Q1 lobbying: Big Oil spends over $7.2 million fighting bills to make polluters pay - The Climate Center
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SACRAMENTO — Lobbying disclosures for quarter one show that the oil industry spent over $7.2 million to kill California legislation that would make corporate polluters pay their fair share. The top five oil industry spenders alone spent over $6.1 million to influence California state leaders, led by Chevron at over $3 million. The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), a front
    • lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      5 months ago

      Maybe we shouldn’t fight it any more. Maybe we should just keep upping the price so much that it would no longer be economically viable for bribe lobby our politicians. Would they keep up their polluting ways if the price was $72M? How about $720M?

      • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
        9·
        5 months ago

        It has to be more than the corporations are able to make in a year, otherwise, it’s just “cost of doing business”